When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is...

Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is...

The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into...

The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into...

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written...

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written...

A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom...

A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom...

Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center...

Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center...

Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct...

Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct...

If you want to see mankind fully, look at a family. Within the family minds...

If you want to see mankind fully, look at a family. Within the family minds...

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form...

An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form...

Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain;...

Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain;...

What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.

What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.

Mysteries are feminine; they like to veil themselves but still want to be seen and...

Mysteries are feminine; they like to veil themselves but still want to be seen and...

Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.

Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.

A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.

A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.

Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion.

Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion.

Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing...

Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing...

There are writers in Germany who drink the Absolute like water; and there are books...

There are writers in Germany who drink the Absolute like water; and there are books...

The historian is a prophet looking backward.

The historian is a prophet looking backward.

One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is...

One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is...

Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth.

Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth.